TRA Deputy Director, Professor Jeff Craig, provides his perspective on a recent research paper, More twins expected in low-income countries with later maternal ages at birth and population growth. Image credit: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Dappasolomon001 In recent years, more people around the world are having twins. This increase is mainly due to medical treatments that help couples have […]
Looking after your heart after a twin pregnancy
If you’ve had twins, your body worked harder during pregnancy than if you had one baby. What does this mean for your heart health? Professor Jeff Craig, Deputy Director of Twins Research Australia explains. (This relates to a recent news article Twins Boost Heart Disease Risk in New Mothers | Mirage News which summarised this study: Hospitalization for […]
Mourning loss of luminary of twin research
It is with great sadness that we share the news of the sudden passing of our one-of- a-kind, generous, endlessly enthusiastic and curious, funny, brilliant Director of Twins Research Australia, Professor John Hopper AM, who led our Centre for nearly 35 years. John was a pioneering Australian genetic epidemiologist and twin researcher whose work transformed […]
Vale Professor John Hopper AM
It is with great sadness that we share the news of the sudden passing of our friend, colleague and collaborator, Professor John Hopper AM, who led Twins Research Australia over the past 35 years. John was a pioneering Australian genetic epidemiologist and twin researcher whose work transformed understanding of the genetic and environmental factors influencing human […]
Twins at centre of new breast cancer study funded by the National Breast Cancer Foundation
A new study funded by the National Breast Cancer Foundation (NBCF) of twins and sisters with and without breast cancer aims to make new insights into the causes of this deadly disease that kills over 3,200 Australians each year. The study is led by Twins Research Australia Director, Professor John Hopper at the University of […]
2022 study roundup
Thanks to all of our TRA members who participated in studies in 2022! Like to know more about how they are progressing? Find out below….. Monash University’s Resilience and Vulnerability to Mental Health Problems Study has been a huge success in 2021 and 2022, thanks to the amazing 697 twin pairs who joined the study. […]
2023 study roundup
Thanks to all of our TRA members who participated in studies in 2023! Like to know more about how they are progressing? Find out below….. The FEASST study, which is looking into how diet affects male fertility, is urgently looking for more men – identical and fraternal twins aged 20-45 living in Melbourne or surrounds. […]
Twins participate in FEASST of a study
Melbourne twins, Royden and Pierson Budge, are participating in the FEASST study, looking into how diet affects male fertility. They explain why they joined and what is involved. Twins Research Australia thanks them most sincerely for their efforts to help us better understand this important area of men’s health. Open to male twins, identical and […]
The psychology of raising twins and multiples
My interest in twins has spanned my whole life as I was born a younger sibling of identical twins, explains Dr Katie Wood, a Senior Lecturer and Clinical Psychologist at Swinburne University of Technology who specialises in twin and family relationships. “I grew up always trying to divide and conquer this very tight twin dynamic […]
Does keeping twins together or apart in the classroom impact their academic development?
Multiple-birth parents say it is one of most difficult decisions that they face: whether to separate or keep their twins together at school. Professor Brian Byrne of the School of Psychology, University of New England, investigates the many factors in a parent’s decision and seeks to answer the central question: will my twins prosper more […]
